You all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. Told to act our age. . And you know why we were told that? Because the people doing the telling were afraid of our wildness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad of what they'd allowed to wither in themselves. A Boy's Life, Robert R. McCammon

Some of those are ones I use to survive too, especially coffee and a nice fall day! With those two (and a clear calendar for the day), I can get a lot of writing, music listening, and just plain lazing around, done.

things that confuse me

folks that wear sunglasses in pictures

jogging strollers

valentine's day

walmart renovations

coffee-haters

miniature horses

farmville

twitter

chewing gum

twisty ties

think about it. .

"we are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all. we are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle."